Nintendo Will Pay Up To $20k If You Discover Hardware Or Software Nintendo Switch Vulnerabilities
Nintendo is offering up to $20,000 to individuals who can find out vulnerabilities within the Nintendo switch. The company had earlier on paid much money to folks who found security flaws in the Nintendo 3DS.
According to Hacker One, Nintendo is presenting anyone between $100 and $20,000 for vulnerabilities observed with the Nintendo Switch hardware or software. Some of the examples given by the Nintendo company include device vulnerabilities such as "Privilege escalation from userland," "Kernel takeover" and takeover of "ARM Trustzone" while a few vulnerabilities of "Nintendo-published applications" for the Nintendo switch is "userland takeover."
The Nintendo company is also interested in locating exploits concerning privacy and dishonest. In as much as that unique exploit was used to point out that it can be done and to examine the switch's operating system code, the recent malicious bounty will aid Nintendo to be able to identify which and how extra malicious exploits can be unleashed reported Gamasutra.
It was revealed that it took Nintendo quite a number of years to start giving bug bounties for the 3DS and the Wii U, however, many may be happy to notice the Nintendo company taking a positive step towards its latest console.
Additionally, taking into account the increasing negative recognition of the Nintendo switch's exterior. Since the console released last month, gamers have reported various hardware issues with the device. These encompass a case of the Blue screen of death and complaints regarding cracks close to the power button. It is known that the console's joy-con controllers have a synchronization issue that makes it loose connection with the console (though this issue has been rectified with a piece of foam).
It would have been less attack prone if the Nintendo Switch also gained a popularity as being a hacker's playground, leaving users susceptible to all sorts of hacks and exploits that could see their payment and private details getting into the wrong hands. Meanwhile, the earlier this bug bounty gives a few results and the sooner Nintendo gets around to patching them, the better.